Word: suchard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Battle of Britain is over chocolate bars. Foreigners are threatening to gobble up the country's top two candymakers. Rowntree Mackintosh, the maker of Kit Kat bars, is under attack from two Swiss companies seeking a larger share of the world chocolate market. One contender: Zurich-based Jacobs Suchard, which has acquired 18.7% of Rowntree's stock. But the more powerful bidder is giant Nestle, which has offered $3.9 billion for all outstanding shares. Rowntree Chairman Kenneth Dixon is asking the British government to help block the takeover...
...March and October, a nine-day Chocolate Lover's Tour of Switzerland whisks aficionados around such top chocolatiers as Lindt, Suchard, Nestlé and Tobler. Cost: $1,600, chocolates and one cathedral included...